Combined coat, vest, and trousers hanger.



, W. E. PUGSLEY. comemeo COAT, VEST, AND TROUSERS HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-2'1, l9l4.

1,1 59,270. Patented Nov. 2, 1915,

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Witwanooeo I 7 W. E. PUGSLEY.

COMBINED COAT, VEST, AND TROUSERS HANGER.

APPLlCATiON FILED uEc.2|', 1914.

1,159,270. V Pateflted NOV. 2, 1915;

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WILLIAM EDWARD rUesLnY, or GRAND RAPIDS, 'MIcnIeAN, AssreNoaor oNnn LFT0 FRED WIEST, or GRAND RAPIDS, MICH GA COMBINED ooA'r, vns'r, AND TR-osDRs HANGER."

Specification of Letters Patent. NOV, 2, 1915.

Application filed December 21, 1914. Serial No. 878,333.

To all whom it may concern:

Belt known that I, WILLIAM E. PUosL Y,

a citizen of the United States, residingat GrandRapids, 'in the countyof Kent and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Combined and exact descriptionio as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. a Myinvention relates to garment hangers and has for its main object toimprove upon the construction of devices of this character to such anextent as to provide a very simple and inexpensive article which willeffectively support a number of coats or the like, and one or more pairsof trousers, provision being made whereby the latter are effectivelystretched to retain the creases therein.

In carrying out the above object, a coat hanger and a trousers stretcherare provided and affurther object of the invention becomes to pivotallyconnect the two, whereby the stretching device which in the present caseis-foldable, may be swung upwardly into the space between the arms ofthe hanger, when said stretcher is folded.

lVith the above and minor objects in view, the invention resides incertain novel features of construction and combination hereinafterdescribed and claimed and shown-in the drawings wherein;

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device constructed in accordance withmy invention, showing its application-to use; Fig. 2'

is a similar view with the foldable trousers stretcher in foldedposition, preparatory to swinging it upwardly; Fig. 3 is still anotherside elevation showing the trousers stretcher folded and swung upwardlybetween the arms of the coat hanger; Fig. t is a horizontal section asseen on the line 4.& of Fig. 1, showing more particularly theconstruction of the upper clamp; Fig. 5 is a similar view as seenalongthe plane of the line 55 of Fig. 1, showing more particularly thestructure of the lower clamp; Figs. 6 and 7 aredetail verticaltransverse sections taken respectively on the lines 66 and 77 of Fig. l;and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the coat hanger showing moreparticularly its construction and the arrangement of a pair of bearingplates on its opposite ends.

In these drawings, constituting a part of this application, thenumeral 1. designates an arched coat hanger which is formed of, a singlepiece of comparatively stifl wire hav ing-its central portion benttoform aninclined loop 2, the end portions of said wire being theninclined downwardly in opposite directions, as seen at 3, and bent down-\vardlyv as at 4;, said downwardly'bent portions being bent upwardly.substantially upon themselvesiand. then continued in- I wardly to theloop as seen at 5, at which point they are bent around said; loop asclearly shown. In most cases a hook 6 is provided for suspending thehanger. By referenceto the various figures of the drawings, it will bes'een'that the portions 3 of the hanger are joined to the uppermostportion of the loop 2 and that said portions 3 lie in planes above theends 5, which latter are secured to the lowermost part of the loop.Bythis construction,the. hanger is adapted more readily to theformation'of an ordinary coat or vest; I Y

Spanning the looped ends of the hanger 1,

isa pair of'bearing plates 10, these plates being here shown as havingtheir ends bent around the loops, whereby they are elfectively held infixed relation to the hanger 1. Interposed between the two plates 10 isan upper trousers clamp 11 which comprises a relatively fixed horizontalbar12 having its opposite ends bent laterally as seen'at 13 and at 13,pivot studs 14 being passed through these laterally bent ends andthrough the plates 10. The'laterally bent end 13 is integrally joined toa movable clamping arm 15 preferably having. its terminal deflectedoutwardly as shown, this bar 15 lying parallel to the bar 12. Adaptedfor co-action with the outwardly curved end of the bar 15 is a link 16,this link being supported by the terminal of the laterally bent end 13,which end is bent to form an upright loop for 1, in which position theband at the upper end of the trousers is secured in the uppermost clamp11 while the lower ends of the trousers legs are clamped within thelowermost clamp 11', the lazy-tong structure being then extended, inwhich position it may be retained by the provision of any appropriateform of fastening such for instance as the hook 25 shown at the upperend thereof. By thus clamping the trousers within the device, allwrinkles willbe re moved from the same and the creases will be retainedtherein. It will be understood that a vest and coat may also besupported upon the hanger 1 while the trousers are held by thestretching device.

lVhen the stretching device is no longer needed, it is first folded tothe position seen in Fig. 2 after which it may be swungupwardly betweenthe arms of the hanger as seen in Fig. 3, thus providing a very compactarticle which may easily be packed for traveling.

Although any appropriate form of clamp would suffice at the top andbottom of the stretching device, the clamps shown in the drawings arepreferably provided, as seen more particularly-in Figs. 6 and 7, the twobars of the upper clamp diverge downwardly or transversely to theirlengths, while the two bars of the lowermost clamp diverge upwardly. Bythis structure, gripping edges are provided which latter moreeffectively prevent the clamps from being accidentally removed from thetrousers.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, it will be seen that a very simple article hasbeen provided for carrying out the objects of the invention, yet thatsuch an article, although simple, will be very effective in operation.

I claim The combination with an arched support, of a garment clampbetween the lower ends of the arms thereof, said clamp being formed of asingle strip of resilient metal bent upon itself between its ends toform a pair of parallel clamping bars and an open loop connecting thesame, the free end of one of said bars being bent upon itself to providean additional loop, axially alined pivot studs passing through the twoloops, transverse attaching plates secured tothe arms of the support andreceiving said studs, and fastening means for normally retaining the twoclamping bars in close proximity.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM EDXVARD PUGSLEY. lVitnesses CORNELIUS DE BOER, J. G. KINGENGA.

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